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Labor Wars of the Northwest
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The Thurston – Lewis – Mason Central Labor Council is proud to announce it has collaborated with the Olympia Film Society to present a free screening of Labor Wars Of The Northwest on October 24th at the Capitol Theater (206 5th Ave SE Olympia, WA 98501.) The doors will open at 6:00 PM, and the screening will start at 7:00 PM. There will be a panel discussion on the history of the South Sound’s Labor history after the film.
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Labor Wars Of The Northwest chronicles the cauldron of discontent, radicalism and violence that permeated the Pacific Northwest in the early decades of the twentieth century. Following the arrival of the railroads in the 1880s, tens of thousands of workers migrated to the Northwest for jobs in logging, mining and fishing. But instead of steady work, they found poverty-level wages, crushing hours and dreadful conditions. By examining this conflict in the context of a decades-long struggle, Labor Wars of the Northwest shines new light on tragedies like the Everett Massacre (1916), the Seattle General Strike (1919) and the Centralia Massacre (1919).
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